We are happy to announce that the Emergency Fund for Combating Domestic Violence in the context of COVID-19 pandemic managed to raise 73,192 BGN from corporate and individual donations. The funds will be distributed to the Crisis and Counsultative Centers across the...
The year 2020 is a serious contender for a leading apocalyptic scenario, not only in the context of the global pandemic of coronavirus, better known as COVID-19, but also in terms of the eternal theme of equality between women and men. The European Union (EU),...
A silent pandemic different from the one caused by the Coronavirus has taken over many homes. It is the pandemic of domestic violence. Since the beginning of the self-isolation, the situation for many families has deteriorated dramatically. The organizations which run...
Investments in the development and civil participation of women and girls is a prerequisite for achieving greater societal awareness and understanding over gender issues. Global initiatives and political frameworks such as Beijing Platform for Action and Sustainable...
Around 100 homeless women, many of whom were seeking refuge during lockdown because of domestic abuse, have been housed in a European Parliament building in Brussels in beginning of May. The doors of the Helmut Kohl office building were opened to those displaced in...
There is a need in Bulgaria for political and cultural change in the attitude towards minority groups, as well as for enhanced legal protection against discrimination and hate crimes. There is also rise of violence against women in the country. These are some of the...
Today the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, published a report on the visit to Bulgaria she carried out in November 2019. The report focuses on racism, intolerance and discrimination; violence against women and domestic violence; and...
Violence against women remains a major global public health and women’s health threat during emergencies, the World Health Organization says in a statement. Violence against women is highly prevalent. Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence....
Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination of other marginalized groups such as persons with disabilities and those in extreme poverty, worse. This needs to be considered, given...
